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The Psychology of Getting High–A Lot

Time to extinguish the slacker cliche.

But the habit doesn’t seem to interfere with his business acumen: Snoop has sold 35 million albums across the globe and has collaborated extensively with numerous other successful celebrities, including domestic doyenne Martha Stewart. According to self-reports, those who used cannabis several times a day tended to be even more motivated than less frequent users to complete tasks to obtain rewards and social approval and to avoid guilt. But there were a couple of areas where the impact of chronic cannabis seemed less benign: self-regulation —which is generally defined as the ability to manage one’s actions and to set, monitor, and follow-through on goals—and conscientiousness.

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